From: Lutz Jänicke Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 15:31:21 +0000 (+0000) Subject: What is an '-engine' version? X-Git-Tag: OpenSSL_0_9_6c~182^2~24 X-Git-Url: https://git.librecmc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=679df234b7fc9ee7d2b18f38dc4532a13040de36;p=oweals%2Fopenssl.git What is an '-engine' version? --- diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 4b54b51ac8..0870930b9a 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ OpenSSL - Frequently Asked Questions * How can I contact the OpenSSL developers? * Where can I get a compiled version of OpenSSL? * Why aren't tools like 'autoconf' and 'libtool' used? +* What is an 'engine' release? [LEGAL] Legal questions @@ -121,6 +122,12 @@ A number of Linux and *BSD distributions include OpenSSL. autoconf will probably be used in future OpenSSL versions. If it was less Unix-centric, it might have been used much earlier. +* What is an '-engine' version? + +With version 0.9.6 OpenSSL was extended to interface to external crypto +hardware. This was realized in a special release '0.9.6-engine'. With +version 0.9.7 the changes were merged into the main development line, +so that the special release is no longer necessary. [LEGAL] =======================================================================